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The Kemp’s ridley sea turtle — the most endangered sea turtle species in the world — is ending up “cold-stunned” in Cape Cod ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered five turtle shell fragments from a gravel pit in Magdeburg, Germany — and they're not sure ...

SARGENT, Texas – A loggerhead sea turtle was recently saved after she washed up on the Gulf of America coast in Sargent, Texas, covered in barnacles and other animals. The Gulf Center for Sea Turtle ...

If Merz, his coalition, and the political parties involved want to survive the next four years, they have to fill their shell of a coalition treaty with real meaning and quickly. Suffering from ...

Nature and the environment: Whether children from Peru, Venezuela or Germany - the topic of environmental protection concerns many children around the world. Polluted beaches, dying plants or animal ...

Upon arrival, responders found the large turtle weighed down and debilitated, covered in epibiota—marine organisms that live on other animals. This included layers of a variety of algae ...

When we envision sea turtles cruising through the ocean, we picture their streamlined shells – natural defenses seemingly built for protection. However, these shells defend more than that. They allow ...

When we picture sea turtles in the wild, it’s easy to envision them as armored warriors – their hard, resilient shells serving as near-impenetrable shields against oceanic threats like sharks. These ...

CHENNAI, India (AP) — For nearly four decades, residents in southern India’s coastal city of Chennai have patrolled moonlit beaches at night trying to protect sea turtles and their hatchlings ...